HDR Photography

1. Take pictures, and bracket them, then download them to your camera and edit then you basically 'erase' portions so that all the parts blend together and show a higher dynamic range (HDR)
2. The equipment you will need is a camera, and a computer
3. The reason to take an HDR image is because HDR takes 3 pictures and uses the best parts of each photo and combines them all together
4. When you merge all the images together, you will get a better picture with all the best parts from each of the three photos, you may see more detail in some of the photos, and also the best part of all of the photos combined

Final Exam Planning Warm-Up

1. I will shoot this assignment this weekend, or start shooting this weekend
2. I will shoot this assignment either at my house or at a soccer game
3. I will either be shooting about a plant growing, cooking, or a soccer game or something along those lines
4. I will need a camera
5. I will probably use the video portion toward the end or middle of the presentation, I will use the still photos all through the presentation, my narration will be going along with the video, or towards the end of the presentation.

Illustrations

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Opinions Story

Every school has a dress code, but some are much stricter than others. I think that it is okay for the school to have a dress code on some things, like you have to wear clothing. But I think that the dress code that says girls can't wear shirts that show their shoulders unfair to girls. 

The teachers think that shoulders are distracting to other people, but it's school, students are focusing on their education at school, not a girls shoulders. So it should not matter what shits girls wear, even if it shows their solders. 

It makes sense why the Facility would enforce things like shoulders, or legs showing. But girls have a much stricter dress code than guys.

This is not fair because that means there is only a certain things that girls can wear, so it's not really fair.

There are many ways that people express themselves, and one of the ways they do this is by what they wear. If the dress code is too strict, then people cannot express themselves in the way that they want to.

That is not fair to certain people, because we're told to show who we truly and you can't do that if people aren't allowing you to.

Dress code has always been a problem at every school. There are always those few kids that go against the dress code. Why not just not have a dress code, and not have to worry about those kids rebelling against the dress code.

Sometimes schools do not let kids wear what they want, and just enforce uniforms. I think uniforms are much worse than a dress code. It is normally the private schools that enforce the uniforms.

I think uniforms are much worse than a strict dress code because everyone has to wear the exact same thing, and the same thing every single day. Uniforms totally and completely restrain kids from showing who they truly are.

Kids like to wear different styles of clothing, or maybe dye their hair a lighter or darker color, or maybe even rainbow. They do this to show everyone who they are, and they can not do that if they have to wear the same uniform every day.

Ever since we grew up as kids we were told to never hide who you truly are, and be proud of yourself, and to not let anyone judge you for it. But if we have to wear uniforms, then we have to hide our true personality.

I think that schools should start to be less strict on the dress code, and let kids wear what they want to, and express themselves freely. Those schools that use uniforms, should stop using them. Because I know that over half of those kids that attend that school don't like wearing uniforms, they want to wear what they want to, so you should let them.

Personal Essays

1. "Be sure your essay is about something that you care strongly enough about to wax eloquent and passionate about." Which means that I should choose to write about something that I care about and can talk confidently and passionately about.
2. "Details draw the reader in, generalization keep them out." Which means that I should be specific about my topic and use very detailed specific examples
3. -Avoid ranting in  your paper. Keep on track
    -You have he freedom to write how you feel on certain topics but the reader should know how you feel and why
    -Have a strong hook at the beginning of your essay to grab the readers attention

Story 1)
1. Victoria Bui, Staffer
2.The story is about driving and being distracted by your phone or anything else
3. They believe that the issue is out pf hand "The distracted driving is getting out of hand ad needs to be fixed before too many people get hurt or killed."
4. Yes, "Most people always think that they can 'multi-task', but they can't"
5. No, she was very direct about her opinion on the topic by saying this id wrong to be distracted while diving and trying to get awareness for it and get people to stop
6. No she didn't have any quotes in the story
7. 3rd person

Story 2)
1. Emma Bean, Guest Writer
2. This story is about a guy that is obsessed with elephants and why he was
3. She liked him and envies him. "You could say that in a certain manner he was like one of the magnificent beasts he was so fond of."
4. No, she didn't adress what other people thought of him
5. She didn't really give a direct opinion on him either she just shared all of her memories about him and told the reader how he was a person
6. No, she did not give any quotes from anyone
7. 1st person

Story 3)
1. Susie Sutherland, Staff Writer
2. The story is about how phones aren't getting taken from students in class as much today as they did a couple years ago or even in middle school now compared to high school
3. She does express her opinion, "Having cell phones freely out and about in high school was a new thing, and it was easy to be accustomed to."
4. Yes she talks about how the teachers have gotten more timid towards telling students what to do and are almost starting to lose their power over the students
5. She was sort of playing both sides and her opinion because she likes being able to use her phone whenever she wants to but she also thinks that it is a big distraction to the students and distracts the from learning
6. No there are no quotes in the article
7. 1st person

Final Exam Preview

1) I learned about many things when  looked and watched things on these websites. I learned how to import videos. I also learned how to import videos to iMovie. I also watched a video on how to use iMovie, because I didn't know how to use iMovie, before I watched the video.
2) I knew that iMovies made movies or short term vies, but I've never really heard of it before this.
3) I learned that you can import pictures into iMovie during a video.
4) I'm concerned that I won't understand the project fully, and leave out some parts of the project. Or iI will not get it done in time. Or I will not find anything to do an iMovie about.
5) I am confident that I can get all the pictures done in time.
6) I would probably do a soccer game because I don't really know what to do for the iMovie.

Opinions Preview Writing Activity

Story 1:
1. Alicia Molina Assistant Editor
2. people saying the "Damn Daniel" stuff
3. they thought "it was funny at first, but then it started getting annoying"
4. yes, they started talking about the bright side of what was going on, and the things that the people got to do. like go on the Ellen Degeneres show
5. no, they stated their opinion very clearly, they said, "I thought that the video was funny but after a while it was starting to get annoying."
6. yes there was many quotes
7. 1st person

Story 2:
1. Fuaad Ajaz News Editor
2. Beyonce's music video, and her trying to get police to understand that black lives matter
3. they didn't have a direct opinion
4. no, they didn't really talk from the side of the police who are getting accused of not caring for black people's lives.
5. they weren't back and fourth, it was just not a clear opinion. They said "Sadly this is true in today's world. If someone is white and rich they are known worldwide but if someone is black and rich, not many people know who they are."
6. yes there was many quotes
7. 3rd person

Story 3:
1. Mia Barbosa Online Editor
2. if the AP world history test is even worth taking
3. yes, they said that it is a competitive race for college
4. they had opinions from both sides
5. no, they said their direct opinion. They said " I think the test is a great was for students to get ahead in the competitive race for college.
6. there isn't any quotes
7. 1st person

Story 4:
1. no name, editorial
2. Apple refuses to violate privacy of users but FBI will
3. "Once the program is created, this opens the way for anyone to pry into people lives through their phones" says the editor of this story in Lone Star Dispatch, "Either way is bad for the consumers."
4. Yes, they said that the FBI does have a valid reason to want to have access to the iPhone but that it is not worth putting everyone else at risk to find what is on one person's phone
5. The editor sometimes questioned their opinion but never changed their opinion
6. No, no quotes are involves in the story
7. 3rd person

Story 5:
1. Granger Coats, Photo Edito
2. How drug dog investigations at school are making people feel
3. "...I support the strengthening of effective security," states Coats
4. yes, he talked about how it is needed for the school but that the students should have a little more privacy
5. The author didn't really express his opinion till the end of the article
6. no, no quotes are in the article
7. 1st person

A. I believe that the real differences are that the hard news story have no opinions in it, involve a lot of different people and quotes are in the article

B. I think that the isn;t a lot of photos on this page because the stories have an opinion about them so the photos would be prejudice to the opinion of th author

C. Are iPhones really better? Best Vacation spots? Should there be uniforms or even a dress code?

Peer Review SoM

1) Kiran
Paragraphs: 50 pts
5 quotes: 25 pts
Inverted Pyramid: 25 pts
Extra credit: no
TOTAL=100 pts

2) Jake Wright
Paragraphs: 0
5 quote: 25
Inverted Pyramid: 25
Extra credit: no
TOTAL= 50

Earthquake Story

An earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay area Monday morning. It struck at 8:12 a.m.

“A building housing McHenry’s Auto Supply at 2342 Plum St. partially collapsed, killing two people and injuring six others,” Jennifer Vu, a public information officer from the Hayward Fire Department says.

There were many people who died in the earthquake.

“Names of the dead withheld pending notifications of families,” Vu said.

Mike Beamer’s apartment is across the street from McHenry’s, and talks about what he felt during the earthquake.

“Felt a rolling motion that lasted for about 30 seconds, with a big jolt in the middle, ” Beamer said.

Beamer remembers exactly what he was doing the moment the earthquake hit him.

“I was eating breakfast when the room started rolling. I dove under the table just as I hared an explosion outside and a chunk of cement flew through my kitchen window. That’s when the screaming started start across the street,” Beamer said.

Hayward firefighters played a big role in helping with the earthquake.

“Hayward firefighters used ropes to stabilize the auto shop, conducting a search of the building and capped a gas line after detecting a gas leak at the site.”

The earthquake had a high magnitude.

“The epicenter of the earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale,” according to Penny Gertz.

Penny Gertz is a scientist from the United States Geological Survey in Menlo Park.

“It was under the Hayward Hills,” Gertz says where the earthquake occurs.

Gertz describes the earthquake.

“Gertz called the quake a strong one and said it occurred on the Hayward Fault, which runs under the hills.”

Red Cross helped with the survivors of the earthquake.

“Twenty-one fire personnel, 12 police and five American Red Cross workers responded to the building collapse, with arriving within four minutes of the quake,” Vu said.

Huntington Story

Janice Jones is 53 years old, she lives in Barstow, California interviewed by Tammy Rye.

"Jones was eating pork chops in the back of her motor home, when her dog knocked her 9mm handgun off a seat," Rye said.

Jones got shot in the leg, and the bullet when through her leg, and through the side of her vehicle.

"It could have been worse, the bullet hit two inches from the gas tank," Rye said.

Jones was transported to the Huntington Beach Hospital, and her dog, Tombo, was transported to Huntington Beach Animal Control officers. 

"The dog seemed to be malnourished, accruing to Janet Ngo, on of the animal control officers, and had fresh cigarette burns on its forehead," Ngo said.

Ngo indicates that her office will be looking at filling out animal abuse charges against Jones. 

"Officers cited Jones for expired plates and the country's district attorney office was considering whether to charge her in relation to the gun accident, Jones didn't have a permit for the gun," Rye said.

News Values

Timeliness:
1. This article shows Timeliness because this is a fairly new article. Also these facts are shown up first on the articles, so that means it is new info.
2. Iceland's Prime Minister Steps Down Amid Panama Papers Scandal
Link:  Iceland’s Prime Minister Steps Down Amid Panama Papers Scandal

Proximity: 
1. This article shows Proximity because this occurred in america close to this area of publication.
2. As Graft Cases in Chile Multiply, a 'Gag Law' Angers Journalists.
Link: As Graft Cases in Chile Multiply, a ‘Gag Law’ Angers Journalists

Prominence: 
1. This article shows Prominence because the Pope is a very important person to everyone, mainly Catholics.
2. Pope Francis, Urging Less Judgement, Signals Path for Divorced on Communion.
Link: Pope Francis, Urging Less Judgment, Signals Path for Divorced on Communion

Impact:
1. This article shows Impact because ISIS is terrorizing people, and abducted these people for some reason, and the public had something to do with it.
2. ISIS Abducts Workers from cement Factory in Syria
Link: ISIS Abducts Workers From Cement Factory in Syria

Human Interest: 
1. This article shows Human Interest because there was someone murdered at UT and this affects many people, like friends and family of the girl murdered. Also students may be afraid to go to school now.
2. Homeless teen named sole suspect in UT-Austin student death.
Link: http://college.usatoday.com/2016/04/08/homeless-teen-named-sole-suspect-in-ut-austin-student-death/

Conflict:
1. This article shows Conflict because Boko Haram is turning female captives into terrorists and this affects those women's reputation and their family and friends.
2. Boko Haram Turns Female Captives Into Terrorists
Link:Boko Haram Turns Female Captives Into Terrorists

Novelty:
1. This article shows Novelty because this is very unusual thing because Ghosts aren't real, so it draws people attention to this article about "Ghosts".
2. In Cambodia, the Ghosts Prefer Dollars.
Link: In Cambodia, the Ghosts Prefer Dollars

Nut Graf

              A Nut Graf explains the news value of the story. A Nut Graf is normally the second paragraph. A Nut Graph explains what the story is about. A Nut Graf includes some of the information that would be contained in the lead. Doing this helps keep the reader interested. 

              This is a "nutshell paragraph". A Nut Graph was dated back to around the 19th century. The essential facts of a story are included in the lead, the first sentence or two of the story. In the news style writing and the essential facts of the story are included in the lead of the story. The Nut Graf is included inside the lead of the story.